England cricketer Ben Stokes claimed he was "talking to God" at the moment he gave up on his bid to get back into Bristol club Mbargo, a court heard this morning.

The all-rounder is on trial for affray relating to an incident that happened minutes after he and fellow England player Alex Hales were refused re-entry into Mbargo, in the Clifton Triangle, on a night out in September last year.

Under cross examination, Stokes was taken almost frame-by-frame through CCTV footage taken from the doorway of the club, as prosecutor Nicholas Corsellis questioned him about evidence from the doorman of the club that the cricketer had mimicked the mannerisms of two gay men outside the club, and flicked a cigarette at one of them.

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Under cross-examination, Stokes was accused of lying about many aspects of his evidence and statements, and was asked repeatedly - by both the counsel for his co-accused, Ryan Ali, and the crown prosecutor - to tell the court what the homophobic abuse was that he said he overheard being dished out by Ali and another man, Ryan Hale - who was cleared by the judge on Thursday evening.